CS 483
Analysis of Algorithms
Summer 2015

Dr. David Nordstrom
office: 5345 Nguyen Engineering Bldg.
office hours: Monday, Wednesday 3;00 - 4:25
email: dnordstr_AT_gmu.edu
phone: (703) 993-1565
The course website is not yet available.

Textbook

The textbook for the course is Algorithm Design by Jon Kleinberg and Éva Tardos, Addison-Wesley, 2006.

The course

The prerequisite for this course is C or better in CS 310, CS 330, and Math 125. We will study fundamental data structures and algorithms with an emphasis on establishing correctness and analysis of running-time properties of the algorithms. Students should be comfortable doing mathematical proofs.

Topics

Topics to be covered include:

Course Outcomes

Grading

There will be regular homework assignments, a midterm, and a final exam. There will be no late homeworks accepted and there will be no make-ups on the exams except for truely exceptional (as judged by me) reason. Grades will be computed from a weighted average using the weights: